Storage-receptacle for milk or other liquids.



L. STURGES.

STORAGE REGEPTAGLE FOR MILK OR OTHER LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22,1906.

Patented July 25, 1911.

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STATS LEE STURGES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE STURoEs, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage-Receptacles forMilk or other Liquids; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to storage receptacles or cans for milk or otherliquids and more particularly to a storage can having an open top andinto which the liquid to be contained is poured. Heretofore with devicesof the kind considerable loss has been occasioned by the liquid whenpoured therein splashing out of the receptacle owing to the shape of thevessel.

The object of this invention is to afford an open top vessel of suchshape that a liquid when poured therein will not splash therefrom andalso to afford a receptacle having an inclined bottom and provided witha faucet or other means whereby all the contents can be drawn therefrom.

It is a further object of the invention to afford a containing vessel soconstructed that the contents may be drawn therefrom without disturbingthe surface thereof, and in which the construction is such as to enablethe device to be perfectly cleaned and at all times kept in a sanitarycondition.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a central vertical section of a deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the plugfor the faucet.

As shown in the drawings: A indicates the containing can or vessel whichas shown is usually of pressed metal preferably coated with tin or othersuitable coating material not affected by the liquid to be containedtherein. Said vessel comprises, as shown, a plain or flat circularbottom from which the integral side walls arise for a short distancevertically as shown in Fig. l and of unequal height on opposite sides ofthe vessel. As shown from the vertically extending Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1906.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Serial No. 297,180.

wall portion, the walls of said vessel curve spherically upward andoutward and at the top inwardly affording an inwardly sphericallyconcave side wall which as the fiuid is poured into the vessel acts todeflect any outwardly spraying liquid back approximately to commoncenter so that the same falls into the vessel. As shown the straightportions of said side walls are fitted into and soldered, brazed orotherwise secured within a band of metal a of uniform width. Inconsequence the bottom a of said vessel inclines toward that side of thevessel at which the straight portion of the side wall is highest. Atsaid point and opening through said band a and the bottom of saidreceptacle is a faucet 6 comprising a tubular shank or receiving endadapted to be soldered or otherwise secured in register with theaperture in the bottom of said vessel and which at its outer end isprovided transversely with a vertically apertured head through whichalso extends an aperture in alinement with the bore of the shank b. Aconical tubular plug 6 fits in the bore in the head of the faucet and isprovided with an aperture in one side thereof in position to registerwith the bore in the shank b and which when rotated to bring saidaperture in register with said passage permits the fluid to flowtherefrom as is usual and when rotated in the opposite direction closesthe faucet. Said faucet being constructed wholly of metal and pro videdwith alined apertures permits of thorough cleansing to render the sameat all times sanitary.

The operation is as follows: Obviously the vessel being constructed withspherically concave sides which arise upwardly with very slight flarethe liquid poured into said vessel if splashed upwardly contacts thewall of said vessel as for instance in the line 00 and in consequencethe angle of reflection being equal to the angle of incidence isdeflected back into the path of the liquid flowing into the vessel andis again carried down to the bottom. Or should the splashing liquid movein the line as the same result is attained inasmuch as the liquid isdeflected back at or near the top of the vessel to the center of thesame and into the path of the descending fluid and thus prevented fromescaping from the container.

Obviously the supply vessel may be made of different material dependingupon the use to which the same is to be applied and also the same may bemade of any size, capacity or height and the sides may have any degreeof curvature to attain the object sought and furthermore the vessel maybe supported otherwise than by the continuous band before described tohold the bottom thereof at an inclination to enable the fluid to bedrained therefrom. I therefore do not purpose limiting this applicationfor patent otherwise than necessitated by the prior art as obviouslydetails of construction may be variedwithout departing from theprinciples of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A receptacle of the class described having a flat, inclined bottom,side walls eX- tending vertically for a short distance above said bottomand then concaved on the inner side, said bottom provided with adepression at its lowest point which is ported through the side wall atits lowest point, a

supporting band fitted around the bottom of said vessel and extendingbelow the same and a faucet extending therethrough and communicatingwith the outlet aperture in said bottom.

2. A receptacle comprising vertical walls having their upper edgeshorizontal and the lower edges inclined, a flat bottom rigidly connectedto the inclined edges, concaved walls rigidly secured to the horizontaledges of the vertical walls, a band or rim supporting the receptacle anda spigot or faucet opening through the rim atthe lowest point of thevertical wall adapted to drain the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

LEE STURGES.

Witnesses C. WV. HILLs, W. W. WITHENBURY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

